The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-11-25
hi>N HOokER's RoM,NTU


Among the victims of the great
Chicago fire in 1871 was q o.u,lnn,an
oy the name of Hooker. lie vas g.,
"ea thy merchant at the tmc but
IKE many others of his cas-. W.. ut.
terry ruined 10y the great tire Amor
ms calamity the family WAS .unpori
ca by Keeping buardcrs. Tbre, or
l'ur Years ago there came into hi,
iAmlly 10 board two handsome
young owedes, polished, well
educated and apparently the
pOsseesors of money. ON.
called sven and lhe other O,sl AIR
iIoohcr's family Is American. Thai
makes no difference The swedish
visitors were well pleased with their
boarding house, aud the reason for
me genuine satisfaction they display
cd over the matter will be better re-
A'lleu when il Is told how that they
were both single gentlemen, and how
IN the Hooker household there was AT
least one unmarried drughter. n
fresh, petty, viv8clUus young lady.
VINO lll.ted about the halls td par
Tors IKE M angel, occasionally pausing
TO Illuminating some dark corner
with her bright sml.c.
IhHt bright smile II was that haunt |
cu one OF the nilAbie young ~wedcs-
young Oui. Tie SWEDISH gentlemen
IN the meantime uld not seem to care
to engage ia any regular business
occupation. IuCy gave II out that
Ihey had come to America To study !
lhe manners, customs and language OF |
the country In the Inter pursuit |
thcy were assisted greatly by the |
hookers, and especially Nv that |
daughter OF the household, Annette.
VINO, by her careful attention to Olat
particularly. had him IN lew mouths
SO that he could speak United states
like native.
Oh course, there could be only one |
'qucl TO I'll this mutually OF feeling, |
TINS kindly regard. 1t was announced !
That Annette aud Olaf were engaged. 1
and IN the early fall OF 1855 the twain |
were made Que. Their wedding trip |
lhcIldeda visitto Lake Mmnetonka. |
where they stsid two weeks enioylng |
their honeymoon. From Mime. |
tonka they returned to Chicago. and |
h!dulh9 an atectIOnate ia cwcll TO the |
old loiks set out for O,atS native land |
where Olaf hal proposed they should |
spend the remainder OF their DAYS |
Alter brief LAY in London.
they sped across to Chris |
ti"nls. Much to her surprise the
Dr'de found an elegant cqmpage,
iiited our with hyerled deliver and |
with tootman awaiting them at the !
steamship dock, and she heard her |
husband give some directions to the |
by which she inferred that
the equlpage was his own. She asked |
no questions. The pair was driven |
through the city into an ariStocr, tic !
ornamcnted with the fine res
licences OF wealthy people and with |
the groun ; and palaces OF the nobil |
lily. When the most extensive and |
most magnificent OF all the palaces
was reached, the cOachman wheeled |
his steeds in upon the grounds. |
Now" said Olaf, ave will alighl: |
| want you to come in and |
look over this palace, and
see how the great Of the land live" |
Annette gazed with awe upon the |
noble pile. At first she exhibited |
Shyness at the thought of going in
and meeting the great people. But
her husband finally induced her to
take walk through its halls When |
they came out he asked her what she |
thought OF it.. The young bride ex-
pressed her admiration TOR what was
really the iiuesI palace IN the vicinity |